This is a first rate puzzle game and a fun twist on a classic. Each level builds neatly on the concepts from the previous ones and the minimalistic graphics are just right without any clutter. Nice understated use of sound too.
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Snakes without Brakes's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #19 | 4.051 | 4.750 |
| Overall | #116 | 3.678 | 4.313 |
| Audio | #129 | 3.305 | 3.875 |
| Authenticity (Use of resolution restriction) | #159 | 4.264 | 5.000 |
| Graphics | #199 | 3.091 | 3.625 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Did you work in a team?
I worked on this project alone.
Was the resolution a challenge?
Because of the extra low resolution during gameplay I had to rely on colors more than usual so I had to be extra careful to choose colors which can be differentiated by people with colorblindness.
It was also hard to fit all the text on the screen especially since the title of the game is so long! To overcome this I made the game be 64x64 in the menu and 32x32 during gameplay.
What did you learn?
I have made some low resolution games before but never as low resolution as this one! Since making art usually takes a long time, this gamejam made me able to focus on coding more. In the future I might make low resolution prototypes to test out game ideas before I make them into a full game.
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